Bustle



(No Model.)

B. B. OADY.

BUSTLE. No. 322,678. Fig 7 Pzgented July 21, 188-5.

L a I Q :21

WITNESSES:

INVENTOR:

By QM Attorney.

UNITED STATES ATENT OFFiCE.

EDWVARD B. CADY, OF JACKSON, MICHIGAN.

BUSTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 322,678, dated July2]., 1885.

Application filed February 27, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD B. GADY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Jackson, in the county of Jackson and State of Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bustles, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to an imprevoment in bustles or panniers; and itconsists in providing a bustle or pannier with a novel compound springmade of wire having a cover, the wire and cover being inclosed in a softfibrous envelope, which is secured by a row of stitching through bothsaid soft envelope and the cover on the wire.

The construction of the compound spring and its embodiment orcombination in a bustle or pannier will first be described, and theinvention then designated in the claim.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a view of ,the wire spring and its cover. In this in stancetwo wires have the same cover. Fig. 2 is a view of the wire spring andcover. this modification showing one wire only. Fig. 3 is a view of thecovered wire spring inclosed and secured in the soft envelope. Fig. 4 isa cross-section of the same. Figs. 5, 6, and 7 are views of the coveredwire spring and soft envelope having its end tipped. Fig. 8 is avertical section (sideview) of a bustle or pannier to which the compoundsprings are attached. Fig. 9 is a front or inside view of the bustle orpannier.

The compound spring is shown in Figs. and 4.

The letter a designates a spring-wire,which may be straight or spiral,and if straight may be a fiat or a round wire. One or more of thesewires are covered, as at b, by folding around them a narrow strip ofWoven fabric, paper, or leather, or both paper and woven fabric, butpreferably cotton cloth, and stiffening as well as securing said coverby means of glue or a suitable size. If one wire only is used thestifiened cover should project or form a flange, b, along one edge ofthe wire, as seen in Fig. 2. If two wires, a, are used, the stiffenedcover should form a thin center web, 12 between the two wires. In eithercase the wire should be held firmly and solidly by the glue-stiffenedcover. The flange b, if one wire velope c, of soft fibrous material, iswound or applied in any convenient manner about the covered wire, and issecured by arow of stitches, d, through both the envelope and thestitchsurface of the covered wire. Tostill further improve the compoundspring, each end may be provided with a tip, 6, of leather, paper, orcloth, preferably leather, which is secured either on the extremity ofthe envelope by its two ends, 6, lapping on opposite sides of theenvelope, as seen in Figs. 5 and 6, or on the extremity of thestitch-surface, as in Fig. 7. The same row of stitches d which securesthe envelope 0' to the covered wire may also secure the tip, as shown inFig. 5; or it may be secured by a rivet, as in Fig. 7, by passingthrough the overlapping ends 6'. By this construction of and mode ofattaching the end tip the ends of the wires cannot force themselvesthrough the fabric of the bustle, and the tip 6, which is leftprojecting at the extremity, serves to receive the stitches, ashereinafter stated, which hold the compound spring in position in thebustle.

The bustle, pannier, or like article is provided with parallel tubes orpockets f, made in any well-known manner and finished, eX-

the above-described compound springs a c is readily inserted endwise inthe unclosed end of each tube. The unclosed end of each tube is thenfastened bya row of stitches, g, which pass also through the projectingtips e on the compound springs. A flap or narrow apron, H, is then sewedon each side of the bustle, and each flap has eyelets 2'. An elasticcord,

to any pressure to which it may be subjected without injury to thematerial composing the bustle or the tubes, and at the same time thesesprings afford the requisite resistance to insure the return of thebustle to the original shape the moment the pressure is relieved. Whilethe compound spring is thus very efficient, it is also well adapted,because it gives to the bustle a soft and smooth exterior, and the Wearon the fabric composing the tubes is reduced to a minimum. The nature ofthe compound spring is such that there will not be any curling orcollapsing of the bustle parts at or near the ends of the tubesa resultparticularly desirable to avoid.

Having described my invention, I claim and gesire to secure by LettersPatent of the United tates- EDWARD B. CADY.

Witnesses EUGENE J WEEKS, AUGUSTA HEMPLE.

